Henry and June

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moderately interesting, for a diary - Rated
This is Anais Nin's diary of her ambivalent love affair with the writer Henry Miller. She describes the turmoil of her awakening to the deficiencies of her husband Hugo, and throughout she documents her progress with her therapist Allendy.

Nin is pulled between the passion and selfishness of Henry, to which she is erotically attracted, only to find the opposite qualities in Hugo. Nin's poeticism portrays her attraction to the darker sides of human nature, as well as her own capacity to plumb these darker qualities in herself.

Although this is an interesting account of Nin's love life at a time when such affairs were unusual, this is ultimately a personal diary and as such, becomes a little tedious at times.

My all-time favourite book - Rated
I first read this book several years ago, and I've reread it many times since then and bought copies for some people close to me. I identify very much with Anais in this book. Her style makes it very accessible while the prose is very rich and poetic, and the 'story' is involving.

It's had a very profound effect on my life, and continues to influence me. A very powerful and worthwhile read.

Powerful and sensual writing from Anais Nin - Rated
This was the first Anais Nin book I ever read and I was quite blown away by it. It sparked a deep interest in Nin's writing which I still feel, over ten years after having read "Henry and June" for the first time. This book traces Nin's sexual awakening as well as her discovery of the joy of living and writing in Paris in the early 1930s, and is written in an intimate, captivating and erotic tone - her descriptions of sexual desire are deeply affecting. Nin's style is not for everyone, but I can guarantee that "Henry and June" will be unlike anything else you've ever read.

Anais Nin at her best ! - Rated
I thought this was an excellent book.
Adapted from Anais's own journals, it follows her affair with the writer Henry Miller, and also her infatuation with his wife June.

It was a wonderful insight into the more sensitive and quite vunerable aspects of Anais personality, written with such genuine feeling and great frankness, that it is lovely to be able to clearly define her different moods.

She describes her characters with fantastic skill and great care it would seem, so that early on within the book you have clear pictures and insight into each one.

This book literally oozes feminine charm and is
one of those books that you never want to put down, in my opinion one of her best works, a definite must for any Anais fan, and an ideal book to start with if you have never read anything by Anais Nin before.